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DELPHOS
The
50¢ daily
Upfront
Project Recycle
set Saturday
Delphos Project Recycle is
set for 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday
at Delphos Fuel and Wash
north of Double A Trailer
Sales on East Fifth Street.
Newspaper, phone books
and aluminum cans need to be
in separate containers because
they are stored on location
and sold as a fundraiser for
the Girl Scouts and Squires.
All other items are taken to
the Van Wert Recycle Center.
Cardboard, magazines and
plastic shopping bags also
need to be separated. All tin,
plastic and glass contain-
ers need to be rinsed clean.
Labels can be left on items
and they can be co-mingled.
No window or plate
glass, nor light bulbs, orna-
mental, Pyrex or cookware
glass will be accepted.
Computers, etc., are
also accepted but no
monitors or TVs.
Relay team sets
bake sale
The First Federal Bank
Relay for Life team will
hold a bake sale on Friday
in the bank lobby.
Proceeds from the
bake sale will benefit
the Relay for Life.
Jefferson choir
sets flower sale
The Jefferson High
School choir will hold
its annual Geranium Sale
through Wednesday.
The flowers cost $15
each and can be picked up
from noon to 6 p.m. April
29 in the high school park-
ing lot by the garage.
For more informa-
tion or to order, contact
any choir member or call
choir Director Tammy
Wirth at 419-692-8766.
Sports
Jennings has openings
Fort Jennings AD Tom
Sakemiller is accepting appli- wars are currently in the
cations for the 2011-12 aca-
demic year: AD; boys varsity/
assistant, JV, Jr. high and ele-
mentary basketball coaches;
girls varsity assistant, Jr. high
and elementary basketball
coaches; cheerleading advi-
sors; assistant track coach;
boys varsity/JV soccer coach-
es; girls varsity/assistant soc-
cer coaches; baseball varsity/
assistant coaches; and musi-
cal assistant director. Anyone April meeting Wednesday
interested should contact the afternoon, the Delphos Public
high school office by Friday. Library Board of Trustees
FRIDAY
Baseball (5 p.m.):
Antwerp at Lincolnview;
Botkins at Spencerville;
Elida at Van Wert (WBL).
Softball (5 p.m.):
Antwerp at Lincolnview;
Van Wert at Elida (WBL).
Forecast
Mostly cloudy
Friday with
chance of after-
noon show-
ers, storms.
High in low
60s. See page 2.
Index
Obituaries
State/Local
Politics
Community
Sports
Farm
Classifieds
Television
World briefs 10 cal book when the publishing
A new footer awaits three monuments at the Delphos Veterans Memorial Park. Markers unspecified “debt failsafe”
representing the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq wars will be placed just north of the that would go into effect if
stage and granite podium.
New monuments to be
unveiled Memorial Day
BY NANCY SPENCER
nspencer@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS — Three
new monuments will be
added at Delphos Veterans
Memorial Park at Fifth and
Main streets.
Markers representing the
Persian Gulf, Afghanistan
and Iraq wars will be placed
just north of the stage and
granite podium.
According to Memorial
Committee Treasurer Rick
Schuck, the monuments
will be available for view-
ing on Memorial Day.
“The monuments will be
in place but they will be
covered,” Schuck said. “We
will have the formal dedica-
tion during Memorial Day
services.”
The bricks honoring
those who served in those
Library explores
Ohio eBook Project
BY STACY TAFF
staff@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS — During its
welcomed Katrina Miday of
the State Library of Ohio,
who made a presentation on
eBooks.
“The Ohio eBook Project
started in 2005 and the name
is very deceptive,” Miday
said. “It isn’t just eBooks;
there are audio books, vid-
eos and music. We currently
have almost 60 libraries in
the program and we’re cur-
rently enrolling five more, so
there’s quite a few involved.
It’s definitely very popular
and it seems like everyone
got an eReader of some sort
for Christmas.”
The Delphos library is
considering the many costs
involved, especially the
expense of downloading indi-
2 vidual titles for patron use.
3 “The costs of the books
4 vary depending on size and
5 popularity but some can be
6 basically the same cost as a
7 physical book,” Miday said.
Secretary Jane Rutledge
8
asked how eBooks could be
9 the same price as a physi-
companies don’t have to pay
for printing and materials.
“The money goes to the
Telling The Tri-County’s Story Since 1869
Thursday, april 14, 2011
Marine walkway and will
be relocated to the new
walkway after it’s com-
pleted.
The idea for the memo-
rial began in 2003.
Greg Feathers created
a conceptual design for
a memorial at the former
Marathon station because
he thought the abandoned
lot was an eyesore. He gave
the design to his father,
who then passed the idea
along to Council President
Bob Ulm. At the time, the
city didn’t have the funds to
purchase the lot. When city
representatives heard that
the Veterans Council was
interested in creating a new
memorial, the two entities
merged their ideas.
A Delphos Veterans
Council committee orga-
nized the effort to trans-
form the long-time vacated
publishers and authors,”
Miday answered. “There’s a
lot of debate around the issue
and things will probably
change. People are saying the
publishers should take a hint
from the music and video
industry.”
The program the Ohio
eBook Project uses to dis-
tribute eBooks is Overdrive.
Miday says the Overdrive
web site has a list of com-
patible and incompatible
devices.
“A lot of people will
be upset when they buy an
eReader and find out it’s
not compatible with eBooks
at their library. So if you
have concerns, you can
check online,” she said. “Just
because the device you want
isn’t on the list of compatible
ones, that doesn’t mean it
isn’t, it just means Overdrive
hasn’t tested it. It’s best to
look at the list of incompat-
ible ones and just stay away
from them.”
The Ohio eBook Project
accepts enrollment four times
a year. The board agreed to
give the program further
thought.
It was announced floor-
ing has been completed in
the First Street building and
custodians Norb Renner and
Butch Lucas put in counter
tops and cabinets. Director
Nancy Mericle said there
HERALD
Obama’s speech
Cut spending,
raise taxes on
the wealthy
By DAVID ESPO
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — “We have to live within
President Barack Obama cou-
pled a call for $4 trillion in
long-term deficit reductions
with a blistering attack on
Republican plans for taxes,
Medicare and Medicaid on
Wednesday, laying down
markers for a roiling debate in
Congress and the 2012 presi-
dential campaign to come.
Obama said spending
cuts and higher taxes alike
must be part of any deficit-
reduction plan, including an
Stacy Taff photo end to Bush-era tax cuts for
the wealthy. He proposed an
Congress failed to make sure
Canal Days event heads
meet to plan 2011 event
BY NANCY SPENCER
nspencer@delphosherald.com
DELPHOS — Members of
Marathon Oil lot at the the Canal Days 2011 Planning
intersection of Fifth and
Main streets into a memo-
Committee met for the first
time Wednesday.
rial recognizing those from
Delphos and the surround-
Cheer Competition
Coordinator Cassie Lindeman
ing area who lost their lives announced her event will
in our nation’s wars. return to Sunday morning of
The memorial includes the four-day festival. It was
monuments represent- moved to Saturday last year
ing each war that someone and Lindeman said there were
from Delphos died in battle. too many scheduling conflicts
Names of the fallen soldiers and attendance was down.
were put on the monuments “I’ve decided to move it
back to Sunday so hopefully
for World War I, World War
II, Korea and Vietnam. we can pick up some more
teams and get the attendance
The focal point of the site
back up to where it has been,”
is the Civil War Memorial.
Concrete sidewalks allow Lindeman said.
Lindeman added she was
visitors to navigate through also looking for a new venue
the area, with grass, bench- for the competition.
es and landscaping filling Diane Sterling, Barb
the space. Brick pavers lead
visitors to the memorial
Mesker and Donna Berger,
members of The Toast
stones. At the south edge of Committee, announced this
the lot, a permanent stage
year’s theme would be Greek
and granite podium were and more information would
installed. be available at a later date.
Kacey Lindeman, 13, left, Grace Diltz, 12, and Ashley Kugler, 13, hang out by the sun-
dial in front of the Delphos Public Library, enjoying the beautiful weather after school
Wednesday.
are still a few things left to gotten some quotes from
install. Buckeye Exterminating and
“We’re looking at win- they can do it monthly, quar-
dow coverings and working terly or yearly.”
on getting fire extinguishers A motion was made to
in the building,” she said. accept the quote for quarterly
“We would also like to get a treatments.
refrigerator.” In other news, Mericle
The board elected to put brought to the board’s atten-
off decisions on those items. tion the amount of money
“We also need to get an lost due to videos not being
exterminator in there because returned.
Butch found a bunch of spi- “It’s estimated to be about
ders,” Mericle added. “I’ve $1,800 in lost movies,” she
Delphos, Ohio
the national debt would be
falling by 2014 relative to the
size of the overall economy.
our means, reduce our deficit
and get back on a path that
will allow us to pay down our
debt,” the president said in a
speech at George Washington
University a few blocks from
the White House. ”And we
have to do it in a way that
protects the recovery, and
protects the investments we
need to grow, create jobs and
win the future.”
Obama’s speech was salted
with calls for bipartisanship,
but it also bristled with attacks
on Republicans. They want to
“end Medicare as we know
See OBAMA, page 2
The Toast is held on Thursday
prior to the festival weekend
and kicks off the event. Last’s
year’s Toast saw record atten-
dance and additional seating
is planned for this year.
Canal Days Queen Pageant
Coordinator Kim Ousley said
applications for the 2011
Canal Days Queen are avail-
able at the local high school
offices and at Jefferson
Middle School. She expects
to have at least a dozen girls
compete this year.
“I left 13 applications at
each high school and Jefferson
has already started making
copies to give out and St.
John’s has handed out eight of
theirs,” Ousley said. “It looks
like we have a lot of interest in
the competition this year.”
The pageant is set for Sept.
11 and will include recogni-
tion of military, police and
firefighting personnel on the
10th anniversary of 9-11.
The next meeting will
begin at 7:30 p.m. May 11 at
the Delphos Area Chamber of
Commerce.
Stacy Taff photo
said. “We’ve sent out notic-
es and a lot of them come
back, so either people are
moving and taking the mov-
ies with them or the names
and addresses weren’t real
to begin with. Patrons are
allowed to check out five at
a time but if two adults from
the same family come in with
a child over 13, they can have
15 movies out at a time and
sometimes they don’t come
back.”
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Obama
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know it,” he said, and to
extend tax cuts for the wealthy
while demanding that seniors
pay more for health care.
“That’s not right, and it’s
not going to happen as long
as I am president,” he vowed.
Medicare serves 47 million
seniors and disabled people.
Obama spoke to an audi-
ence that included Rep. Paul
Ryan, R-Wis., author of the
House Republican budget that
drew repeated presidential
scorn. The Budget Committee
chairman later told report-
ers he had been excited to
receive an invitation to the
speech, believing the adminis-
tration was extending an olive
branch.
“Instead, what we got was
a speech that was excessively
partisan, dramatically inaccu-
rate and hopelessly inadequate
to addressing our country’s
pressing fiscal challenges,“
Ryan said. ”What we heard
today was not fiscal leader-
ship from our commander in
chief. What we heard today
was a political broadside from
our campaigner in chief.”
Speaker John Boehner,
R-Ohio, noted that the admin-
istration has asked Congress to
raise the debt limit, but said,
“the American people will
not stand for that unless it is
accompanied by serious action
to reduce our deficit. More
promises, hollow targets and
Washington commissions sim-
ply won’t get the job done.”
The president spoke less
VAN WERT COUNTY COURT NEWS
Two individuals were
arraigned in Van Wert County
Common Pleas Court before
Magistrate Joseph E. Quatman
Wednesday morning.
Victoria R. Roberts,
31, Middlepoint, entered a
not guilty plea to a two count
indictment charging her with
perjury, a felony of the third
degree; and intimidation of a
victim or witness in a crimi-
nal case, a felony of the third
degree.
The indictment states that
on or about Dec. 3 or Jan. 28,
Victoria Roberts did in any
official proceeding, did know-
ingly make a false statement
under oath or affirmation, or
knowingly swear or affirm the
truth of a false statement previ-
ously made when either state-
ment was material. This is a
charge of perjury, a felony of
the third degree, punishable by
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
than a week after he reached a
compromise with Boehner on
an unprecedented package of
$38 billion in spending cuts for
this year just in time to avoid a
partial government shutdown.
Both houses of Congress are
expected to pass the measure
in the next 24 hours or so,
closing the books on the cur-
rent budget year and clearing
the way for a far more defin-
ing debate about the size and
shape of the government.
Obama stepped to the podi-
um at a juncture when tea
party-backed Republicans are
relishing early victories in the
House, the 2012 Republican
presidential field is just begin-
ning to take shape and mod-
erate Democratic lawmakers
are charting their re-election
campaigns in swing seats. His
emphasis on deficit reduction
marked an appeal to indepen-
dents as well as other voters
who are eager to stem record
annual deficits as well as gain
control over a national debt
that is more than $14 trillion.
At the same time, he sought
to keep faith with liberals and
other supporters.
To opponents of revi-
sions in Medicare, Medicaid
or Social Security, he said,
“I guarantee that if we don’t
make any changes at all, we
won’t be able to keep our
commitments to a retiring
generation that will live lon-
ger and face higher health care
costs than those who came
before.”
Of $4 trillion in cuts,
Obama said $2 trillion should
imprisonment from one year
to five years with a maximum
fine of $10,000.
The second count of the
indictment states that between
Dec. 3 and March 15, Roberts
did knowingly attempt to
intimidate or hinder the victim
of a crime in the filing or pros-
ecution of a criminal charges
or a witness involved in a crim-
inal action or proceeding in the
discharge of the duties of the
witness, a charge of intimida-
tion of victim or witness in a
criminal case, a felony of the
third degree.
Roberts was released on
a $5,000 unsecured personal
surety bond with the condi-
tions that she have no contact
with her children and her hus-
band Thomas Roberts.
A pretrial hearing has been
scheduled for 8 a.m. April 28.
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For The Record
come from spending, $1 tril-
lion from overhauling the
tax system to eliminate some
tax breaks and loopholes,
and the rest recouped from
lower interest payments on the
national debt
Obama also wants to allow
Bush-era tax cuts to expire for
individuals making $200,000
or more a year and couples
making $250,000 or more.
The revenue that would gen-
erate is not counted in his $4
trillion in deficit reduction.
Administration officials
said military spending would
be reduced by $400 billion
through 2023, domestic pro-
grams would absorb $770 bil-
lion in cuts and mandatory
programs such as agricultural
subsidies another $360 bil-
lion.
An additional $480 bil-
lion would be saved from
Medicare, which provides
health care principally to 33
million seniors, and from
Medicaid, a state-federal pro-
gram that covers lower-income
families and is ticketed for
a huge expansion under the
health care program Obama
signed into law last year.
In line with the wishes
of Senate Democratic lead-
ers, the president made no
recommendations for savings
from Social Security, which
he said is neither in a crisis
nor “a driver of our near-term
deficit problems.” He said he
supports unspecified steps to
strengthen it for the long term,
but ruled out any attempt to
privatize it.
Convoy, entered a plea of not
guilty to an indictment charg-
ing him with domestic vio-
lence, a felony of the fourth
degree.
Brown was indicted in June
2010 but had been incarcerated
in Indiana until just recently.
The indictment read that on
or about the May 20, 2010,
Brown did cause or attempt to
cause physical harm to Kevin
Brown, a family or household
member and that Mark Brown
had been previously convicted
of domestic violence.
Van Wert County Prosecuting
Attorney Charles Kennedy
asked for a high cash bond since
Brown has an extensive criminal
history for violence and other
criminal charges.
Magistrate Quatman set
$50,000 cash with a pretrial
hearing scheduled for 8 a.m.
April 28.
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Delphos police were called to TONIGHT: Partly cloudy.
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Report claims
GOP gov. pays
staff slightly less
COLUMBUS (AP) —
The state’s new Republican
administration is paying its
employees slightly less than
the former Democratic one,
with the governor achiev-
ing the savings while paying
more money to top-earning
staffers, a newspaper reported
Wednesday.
Gov. John Kasich had
promised to spend less money
on employees than did his
Democratic predecessor, Ted
Strickland, and Kasich’s total
payroll is lower by about
$38,500, or 0.5 percent, The
Columbus Dispatch reported.
The newspaper’s analysis
found that Kasich pays less
to his lowest-level employees
than Strickland did.
Data supplied by Kasich’s
administration and the
Department of Administrative
Services show that Kasich
projects hiring four fewer staff
members — saving more than
$171,000 on salaries from the
previous administration — but
also pays his 23-member cabi-
net about $133,000 more than
Strickland paid for those posts,
the newspaper reported.
Kasich’s office says cabi-
net salaries were not included
in his spending promise.
“The bottom line is, we are
doing more work with fewer
people at a lower cost, which
is what the governor said we
would do,” Kasich spokesman
Rob Nichols said.
The top 25 percent of
Kasich’s employees make an
average of $109,950 annual-
ly, more than $15,000 higher
than Strickland’s highest-paid
employees, the newspaper
reported. The lowest-paid
25 percent on Kasich’s staff
make an average of $29,758
— including the salaries of
two part-time staff members
— compared with the $33,999
average paid to the same
grouping under Strickland, the
analysis found.
Kasich has been criticized
for paying top staffers more
than Strickland did, and oppo-
nents have called Kasich’s
support for a law that will
limit collective bargaining for
public employees an attack on
the middle class.
The governor has said that
his support for the new law lim-
iting collective bargaining was
based on his desire to help local
governments control costs and
that higher salaries were neces-
sary for his advisers.
“We had to pay competi-
tive salaries to get the right
people with the skills to get
Ohio back on track,” Nichols
told the newspaper.
Kasich’s base salary,
$148,866 a year, is determined
by state law. Strickland’s base
pay was $138,757, partly
because he refused to accept
a salary increase scheduled
for the first two years of his
term, former Strickland offi-
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Ohio priest doesn’t let EarthTalk®
stutter stop his vocation
By MEREDITH
HEAGNEY
The Columbus Dispatch
COLUMBUS (AP) — The
last thing a priest wants to do
at a funeral is mess up the
name of the deceased.
For one funeral in 1973,
this was Monsignor John K.
Cody’s biggest fear. So he
practiced speaking the wom-
an’s name, out loud, for hours
the day before.
Dolores. Dolores. Dolores.
Cody wasn’t worried about
forgetting the woman’s name
— he had been close to her
before she died.
He was afraid of stuttering
over it.
Cody, a priest for 38
years who is pastor at St.
Christopher Catholic Church
near Grandview Heights, has
struggled with stammering
since he was a child.
Now 64, he has overcome
the problem well enough that
many of his parishioners and
fellow priests have no idea.
He credits speech therapy he
received in the 1970s for teach-
ing him strategies he still uses.
His success didn’t come
without decades of struggle,
and even moments of doubt
about whether he could fulfill
his vocation.
The priesthood involves
Marion Township Trustees
The Marion Township
Trustees held their regu-
lar scheduled meeting on
Monday April 11, 2011 at the
Marion Township Office with
the following members pres-
ent Howard Violet and Jerry
Gilden.
The Purpose of the meet-
ing was to pay bills and con-
duct ongoing business. The
minutes of the previous meet-
ing were read and approved
as read. The trustees then
reviewed the bills and gave
approval for 19 checks total-
ing $35,369.97.
Road Foreman Elwer stated
that Chuck Elwer had contact-
ed him regarding water issues
on Lehman Road. Elwer con-
tacted the county engineers
office and after accessing the
situation the county will come
back with a solution to take
care of the problem.
He also advised the trustees
that he purchased a sprayer
and has it set up to mount on
the back of the lawn mower.
Fiscal Officer Kimmet
gave the trustees copies of the
Fund Status Report and the
Bank Reconciliation Report
for March 31 for their review
and signature.
He presented a letter for the
Lima-Allen County Regional
Planning Commission ask-
ing for a resolution from the
township to support them as
the Metropolitan Planning
Organization for the Allen
County, Ohio Study Area.
Trustee Gilden offered the
resolution which was second-
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constant talking, both one-
on-one with parishioners and
from the pulpit, explaining the
Gospel and inspiring his flock.
That’s why Cody could
relate to King George VI,
played by Colin Firth in “The
King’s Speech.” The film
won the Academy Award for
best picture this year.
Like the British monarch,
Cody had moments of doubt
about himself, his therapists
and his ability to do his job.
For both king and priest,
therapy and hard work took
them through stuttering.
“There was one point I
thought I should enter the
Trappists because they don’t
talk,” Cody said, referring to
an order of monks and nuns
who generally stay silent.
But then, “I just felt, within
myself, I’m really called to be
a parish priest, so I’ve got to
deal with this,” he said.
Not only has he overcome
his speech problems, he has
gained a reputation as a tal-
ented speaker.
Bishop James A. Griffin,
who led the Columbus dio-
cese from 1983 to 2004, has
known Cody for 30 years and
had no idea he struggled with
stuttering.
“I’ve heard him preach
many times. He’s a very good
preacher,” Griffin said.
ed by Trustee Violet and upon
roll call all votes were “YES.”
A copy of this resolution is in
the resolution section 47 and
will be part of these minutes.
Trustee Gilden offered
a resolution for the County
Engineer to go forward with
the 2011 Road program as
presented which was second-
ed by Trustee Violet and upon
roll call all votes were “YES.”
A copy of this resolution is in
the resolution section 48 and
will be part of these minutes.
Trustee Gilden offered
a resolution for rezoning of
the property along North
Kill Road from agricultural
to manufacturing which was
seconded by Trustee Violet
and upon roll call all votes
were “YES.” A copy of this
resolution is in the resolution
section 49 and will be part of
these minutes.
Beth Seibert was present
from the Allen Soil and Water
Conservation to give a presen-
tation regarding a Site Review
Program they would like to
see implemented within the
county.
There was only one bid for
the 1997 Ford Crown Victoria
for $350. The trustees rejected
the bid.
Trustee Violet reported
that the culvert on the corner
of Kiggins and Ridge Road
has been fixed.
There being no further
business, a motion to adjourn
by Trustee Gilden was sec-
onded by Trustee Violet and
passed unanimously.
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though more than half provided
no information on toxicity what-
soever.
Regardless, consumers should
be familiar with what warning
labels are on cleaning products.
“All household cleaners that con-
tain known hazardous chemicals
must carry a warning label that
spells out potential risks, along
with precautionary steps and
first-aid instructions,” reports
Consumer Reports’ Greener
Choices website.
Some manufacturers are begin-
ning to be more transparent about
their ingredients. The Clorox
Company, for example, one of the
largest manufacturers of cleaning
products, now publishes full lists
of the ingredients for all of its
brands on its corporate responsi-
bility website, CloroxCSR.com.
Many praise Clorox for doing
so; others argue that, whether or
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cals of known concern” on their labels. And the operative ing products that pose health and
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whether most of the chemicals used in everyday clean- Generally speaking, if you’re
ing products are safe because it doesn’t test them, and it looking for safer alternatives,
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under the terms of 1976’s Toxic such as Whole Foods, which are
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Analysis: Obama tiptoes

on proposed tax hikes
By CHARLES Long gone are the days phrases and slogans to best
BABINGTON when Democrats employed exploit their openings while
Associated Press frank language on taxes, as minimizing their weaknesses.
presidential nominee Walter House Republicans plan
WASHINGTON — With Mondale did in 1984. “Mr. this week to pass an ambitious
his striking choice of words, Reagan will raise taxes, and 10-year plan that would con-
President Barack Obama so will I,” Mondale said in vert Medicare to a voucher
clearly outlined the greatest accepting the nomination. “He program and turn Medicaid
perils for Republicans — won’t tell you. I just did.” into a state block grant pro-
and for Democrats — in the Obama left no doubt he gram, saving the government
nation’s high-stakes debate believes some taxes should go billions of dollars. The bill
over spending and social pro- up. But he couched it in care- would reduce tax rates for
grams. ful terms designed to distance corporations and high earn-
Obama used vivid, populist himself from proverbial “tax- ers, while ending some tax-
language in a forceful speech and-spend Democrats” almost avoidance loopholes.
Wednesday to denounce the as much as he distanced him- Democrats feel the GOP
GOP plan for cutting spending self from what he suggested is overreaching, chiefly in its
and revamping Medicare and are heartless Republicans. proposed changes to Medicare,
Poll: Most say Medicaid. The Republicans, Throughout his 43-min- the rapidly expanding federal
LETTER TO THE EDITOR taxes are fair
he said, have concluded that
“even though we can’t afford
to care for seniors and poor
ute speech, Obama portrayed
himself as a fair but frugal
leader willing to trim popular
health care program for older
Americans and the disabled.
They think voters will recoil
DEAR EDITOR:
Dear Fellow Delphos Residents, WASHINGTON (AP) — children, we can somehow agencies, including the mili- at the notion of higher medi-
I am writing to commend Mike Birkemeier for addressing For all the complaining this afford more than $1 trillion tary, and to raise taxes only cal costs for the elderly, espe-
council on what seems to be a deterioration of the neighbor- time of year, most Americans in new tax breaks for the on wealthy people who have cially if income tax rates are
hoods and houses in our city. I would like to address another wealthy.” benefited disproportionately falling for high earners.
actually think the taxes they
contributing factor to the decline of our neighborhoods, the But the president’s language in recent years. It’s part of a Obama ripped the
pay are fair. was tortured and opaque when broader appeal to independent Republican plan. “It’s a vision
overabundance of feral and domestic cats. Unfortunately, this Not that they’re cheer-
situation is not unique to Delphos, and many municipalities find it came to one element of his voters, who swung dramati- that says America can’t afford
ing. Fewer people expect own proposal: raising taxes cally from Democratic candi- to keep the promise we’ve
themselves dealing with the problem. I know there are many refunds this year than in pre-
dissenting opinions about how to handle these cats. Almost for certain Americans, mostly dates in 2008 to Republicans made to care for our seniors,”
vious years, a new Associated high earners. Obama said he in 2010 and who hold the key he said. “It ends Medicare as
every solution proposed has its detractors and its advocates. Press-GfK poll shows. But
Licensing requirements and leashing recommendations for cats wants “to reduce spending in to his re-election hopes next we know it.”
as Monday’s filing deadline the tax code.” That code, he year. Republicans, meanwhile,
can prove to be unsafe for the animals, and difficult to enforce.
I would like to suggest the implementation of a Trap, Neuter, approaches, the poll shows said, is “loaded up with spend- Americans are showing have virtually perfected their
and Release program for feral cats, and a cost assisted spay and that 54 percent believe their ing on things like itemized increased alarm at the fast- attacks on any Democrat who
neuter option for domesticated cats. These programs have at tax bills are either somewhat deductions.” growing federal debt. It’s cou- suggests a tax increase of any
least proven to be effective in other places. fair or very fair, compared By any measure, “spend- pled with concern, along with kind. Several top Republicans
As far as I could determine, there are no such programs like with 46 percent who say they ing in the tax code” is a curi- sometimes conflicting emo- criticized Obama’s long and
these in our city. Cost of sterilization surgery is prohibitive for are unfair. ous phrase. It likens tax reve- tions and beliefs, about the multilayered speech on that
many people, especially those dealing with more than one cat. Should taxes be raised to nue to a source of money that nation’s biggest social pro- topic alone.
Feral cats need to be humanely trapped before they can be spayed eat into huge federal deficits? “spends” down its total when grams, Medicare and Social Obama “doesn’t get it,”
or neutered. That’s where the appointment issue gets problematic. Among the public, 62 percent tax cuts are enacted and con- Security. said Mississippi Gov. Haley
It would be immensely helpful if there was a same day surgery say they favor cutting govern- versely “reduces spending” Both parties face politi- Barbour, a likely presidential
option, or at least a place to take trapped feral cats until surgery. ment services to sop up the when taxes go up, including cal opportunities and risks as candidate. “The fear of higher
Our local vets would be a valuable asset in our efforts to sterilize red ink. Just 29 percent say cases in which temporary tax they confront these issues. taxes tomorrow hurts job cre-
both feral and domestic cats. Corporate sponsorship and fundrais- raise taxes. cuts are ended. And both parties are seeking ation today.”

Congress to vote today on budget-cutting plan

ers could offset the financial costs of such a program. That’s sure to be a major
To fix the cat problem in our town, we have to stop this pro- issue as Congress takes up
fuse production of kittens. There are too many kittens, and not budget legislation for next
enough homes. According to one estimate, the average number year and the 2012 presiden- By ANDREW TAYLOR the poor and disabled, includ- extend tax cuts for the wealthy
of litters a fertile cat can have in one year is three. The average tial campaign gets under way Associated Press ing people in nursing homes. while demanding that seniors
number of kittens in a feline litter is 4-6. In seven years, one in earnest. On Wednesday, More immediate, how- pay more for health care.
female cat and her offspring can theoretically produce 420,000 President Barack Obama WASHINGTON — The ever, is the 2011 spending Obama spoke to an audi-
cats. Only 1 in 12 of those 420,000 cats born finds a home. revived his proposal to House and Senate are ready measure. It combines more ence that included Rep. Paul
More conservative estimates conclude the offspring of one raise taxes on the wealthi- to vote on legislation cutting than $38 billion in cuts to Ryan, R-Wis., author of the
female cat could be 400 by the end of 7 years. Even 400 is 400 est Americans to help reduce almost $40 billion from the domestic accounts with House Republican budget
too many. There are no place for these cats to go. government borrowing. budget for the current year, changes to benefit programs, that drew repeated presi-
I can think of so many examples of times when our com- In the poll, Democrats were but President Barack Obama like children’s health care, dential scorn. The Budget
munity came together for the greater good. It is one of the best more likely than Republicans and his GOP rivals are both that Congress’ own econo- Committee chairman later
features of Delphos, and I know if we join together we can to think their tax bills were eager to move on to multiyear mists say are illusory. told reporters he had been
make a profound difference in our community concerning the fair. Liberals and moderates fiscal plans that cut trillions Obama said Wednesday excited to receive an invita-
forgotten cats. were more likely to think so instead of billions. that spending cuts and higher tion to the speech, believ-
Thank you, than conservatives. Women Lawmakers were to vote taxes alike must be part of ing the administration was
Bev Jettinghoff more likely than men. Most today on a long-overdue any deficit-reduction plan, extending an olive branch.

IT WAS NEWS THEN

whites thought their tax bills
were fair; most non-whites
didn’t.
One Year Ago The young and the old —
• The Delphos Lions Club made a $500 donation to Jefferson adults under 30 and seniors 65
and St. John’s post proms to help defray cost of activities held and above — were much more
after the school dances. Lion Denny Klausing presented a likely to say their taxes were
check to St. John’s junior Sarah Schrider and her mother, Sue fair than those in their prime
Schrider. Lion Bill Gunter presented a check to Jefferson Junior earning years. Surprisingly,
Emily Fought and her mother, Nora Fought. there was little difference
25 Years Ago — 1986 in the perception of fairness
• Don Breslawski, district manager for Gray Drug Fair and across income levels.
Brian Grahamm, presented principals of the two local elemen- But just because people say
tary schools, Sr. Joan Frances and Mark Fuerst with computers they pay a fair amount doesn’t
for the schools. Breslawski said, “Gray Drug Fair wanted to do mean that they think others
something worthwhile for the community and feels the comput- do.
ers will benefit the schools.” Sandra Jennings, a retired
• Delphos Catholic Daughters of the Americas regent Mary teacher in South Bend, Ind.,
J. Menke announced the poetry contest winners for this year. In said her federal taxes are fair,
division one, first place Katie Hanser; second, Hope Kill; third, but she thinks rich people get
Rachael Brickner. In division two, first place Nikki Wellman; off too easily.
second, Erica Place and third, Melanie Wurst. Rich people, she said in an
• Winners in the Jaycees’ kite fly were Aaron Becker, son interview, “get all these loop-
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Becker, smallest kite; Jessica Dickman, holes. The middle class does
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Dickman, biggest kite; Andy not have loopholes.”
McNeal, son of Mr. and Mrs. David McNeal, most original; Mari Lemelson of Edison,
Kristina Fell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Fell, most unusu- N.J., said, “I have a big prob-
al; and Joshua Dickman, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Dickman, lem with the millionaires, at
highest kite.
least what I understand to be
50 Years Ago — 1961 the millionaires’ tax breaks.”
• American history students of Delphos St. John’s High Jim Martel, an electrician
from Weymouth, Mass., said
School will participate in a Mock United Nations at Capital
University, Columbus, Ohio on April 15. The delegation to the his tax bill is already unfair,
but he would be willing to pay
United Nations will be composed of Robert Hiett, William Van
Pelt, Terrie Griffis, Paul Wiechart, Eugene Hickey, Patricia more if he thought the money
Pohlman, Philip Bryan and James Lang. would be spent wisely. He’s
• Members of the Delphos Rotary made another trip to Asia not optimistic.
at their weekly meeting at NuMaude’s Restaurant Wednesday, “If I thought people in
this visit being in the form of a motion picture provided by E. E. office had the right thing in
Sheeter. John Sheeter served as technician. President-elect Paul mind and they were doing the
Korn gave a report on a Rotary meeting at Port Clinton which right thing with the money
he and Paul Harter, Jr. vice-president-elect, attended to prepare instead of blowing it and
for their administration of the local club for the coming year. wasting it and funding these
• The Tri-County Democratic Club re-elected Leo German stupid projects that are totally
to head the organization for the coming year at its meeting ridiculous, I wouldn’t have a
Wednesday night at NuMaude’s. Other officers elected include problem with it,” Martel said.
Dr. F. A. Young, vice president; Ray Stemen, secretary; Dorothy “But they don’t, so that’s what
Schmersal, treasurer, and Carol Kundert, social treasurer. bothers me.”
Monday is the filing dead-
75 Years Ago — 1936 line for federal tax returns
• Tommy Thompson, chairman of the membership commit-
— three days later than usual
tee of the Delphos Recreation Association, and his assistants because a local holiday is
have started the drive for members. Frank Kurth, president of
being observed in the nation’s
the association stated that money from the campaign will not be
all used for kittenball or any other separate sport to be sponsored capital on Friday, the tradi-
by the association. This is the first time in Delphos that an effort tional deadline.
has been made to provide Delphos children with clean, health- Federal tax receipts are
building recreation under trained playground supervisors. projected to hit their lowest
• Claude Swartz has gone to Toledo where he will become a level in 60 years when mea-
member of an all-star swimming team which will tour through sured as a share of the overall
Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. He has been secured as a diving economy. Tax receipts dipped
exhibitionist. Swartz is well-known for his aquatic talents, as he during the recession and have
has held the city diving championship for three consecutive years. stayed low in part because
• Raymond Ditto, son of Chief and Mrs. Glenn M. Ditto, will Congress has extended Bush-
leave this evening for Joplin, Mo., where he will report Friday era tax cuts at every income
for spring training preceding the opening of the season. “Dit” is level, leaving federal rates
under contract with the New York Yankees and is farmed out unchanged for much of the
by that club with the Joplin team. past decade.
spending measure fund-
ing the day-to-day budgets
of federal agencies through
September. Later in the day,
Republicans dominating the
House will launch debate on
a 2012-and-beyond plan that
promises to cut the long-term
budget blueprint Obama laid
out in February by more than
$6 trillion.
Obama countered
Wednesday with a new call
to increase taxes on wealthier
people and impose quicker
cuts to Medicare, launching
a roiling debate in Congress
and the 2012 presidential
campaign to come.
Obama fired a broadside
at the long-term GOP plan,
which calls for transforming
the Medicare health program
for the aged into a voucher-
like system for people under
the age of 55 and imposing
stringent cuts on Medicaid,
which provides health care to
Watchdog: Treasury risks overpaying law firms
By DANIEL WAGNER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The
Treasury Department paid out
more than $27 million to law
firms overseeing the financial
bailouts without requiring
detailed bills or questioning
the incomplete records that
the lawyers provided, a gov-
ernment watchdog says.
Treasury’s “current con-
tracts and fee bill review prac-
tices create an unacceptable
risk that Treasury, and there-
fore the American taxpayer,
is overpaying for legal ser-
vices,” the Special Inspector
General for the Troubled
Asset Relief Program said in
a report issued today.
Treasury could not have
adequately gauged whether
the fees were reasonable
because the records are so
sparse, the report says.
The report criticizes
so-called “block billing,”
in which law firms sub-
mit “vague and inadequate
descriptions of work, and
administrative charges — all
of which should have been
questioned before payment,”
the report says.
Treasury staff failed to
including an end to Bush-
era tax cuts for the wealthy.
He proposed an unspecified
“debt failsafe” that would go
into effect if Congress did not
make sure the national debt
would be falling by 2014 rel-
ative to the size of the overall
economy.
“We have to live within
our means, reduce our deficit
and get back on a path that
will allow us to pay down our
debt,” the president said in a
speech at George Washington
University, a few blocks from
the White House. “And we
have to do it in a way that
protects the recovery, and
protects the investments we
need to grow, create jobs and
win the future.”
Obama’s speech was salt-
ed with calls for bipartisan-
ship, but it also bristled with
attacks on Republicans. They
want to “end Medicare as
we know it,” he said, and to
question the charges for work
that was described vaguely,
the report says.
For example, SIGTARP
staff found potential prob-
lems with two-thirds of bills
submitted to Treasury by the
law firm Venable LLP —
invoices totaling $676,840.
Venable said in a state-
ment that it fully cooperated
with the special inspector
general’s review. “We have
not had the opportunity to
read the full report, how-
ever, we are confident that
Treasury received fair value
for the services that we pro-
vided,” the firm said.
In a separate instance, sev-
eral lawyers who attended the
same meeting billed Treasury
for varying numbers of hours
for that meeting, it says.
The problems identified in
the report go beyond legal
contracts, Acting Special
Inspector General Christy
Romero said. She said
Treasury’s light-touch review
of bills and weak oversight
affect hundreds of millions
in contracts that the agency
signed just as its authority to
create new bailout programs
was about to expire.
“What we saw was that
“Instead, what we got
was a speech that was exces-
sively partisan, dramatically
inaccurate and hopelessly
inadequate to addressing
our country’s pressing fis-
cal challenges,” Ryan said.
“What we heard today was
not fiscal leadership from our
commander in chief. What
we heard today was a politi-
cal broadside from our cam-
paigner in chief.”
The president spoke less
than a week after he reached
a compromise with House
Speaker John Boehner,
R-Ohio, on the unprecedented
package of spending cuts for
this year, just in time to avoid a
partial government shutdown.
Both houses of Congress are
expected to pass the measure
and close the books on the cur-
rent budget year, clearing the
way for a far broader debate
about the size and shape of the
government.
this wasn’t just an issue relat-
ed to the Venable fee bill,”
Romero said in an interview.
“This is an issue throughout
the bills” submitted by other
contractors working on the
bailout programs.
Romero said the report
was finalized quickly because
the problematic billing pro-
cedures still are in place, and
Treasury continues to pay
contractors without requiring
detailed billing.
“We really felt like we
needed to make a difference
right now,” Romero said.
Treasury responded most-
ly favorably to the SIGTARP
report’s recommendations.
Acting Assistant Secretary
for Financial Stability
Timothy Massad said in writ-
ten comments that Treasury’s
contracting procedures won
praise from other over-
sight bodies, including the
Government Accountability
Office and the Congressional
Oversight Panel.
His office “has imple-
mented strong and effective
processes in regard to all of
its contracts, including those
for legal services,” Massad
wrote in response to the draft
report.
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1600 Fifth St.
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LOCAL ROUNDUP
Commodores rally
to sink Wildcats
Ross Thompson 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
PB: Anspach 2; HBP: Buetner (by
Jays nip Musketeers in 8 innings
Schleeter).
DELPHOS — Perry put up ----- By JIM METCALFE
six runs in the top of the sev- Patton pitches Commodores jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
enth and then held off Jefferson past Lady Jeffcats
for a 9-7 non-league baseball DELPHOS — Megan Patton DELPHOS — St. John’s
victory Wednesday afternoon helped Perry’s softball team pushed across a run in the
at Wildcat Field in Delphos. stayed unbeaten (8-0) by fanning bottom of the eight inning
The Commodores, trailing 15 in the Lady Commodores’ to nip Fort Jennings 4-3 in
5-3 entering the top of the sev- 8-3 win over host Jefferson non-league baseball action on
enth, put together a 2-out rally: Wednesday night. a beautiful Wednesday after-
five hits, including a 2-run tri- She gave up four hits. noon at Stadium Park.
ple by Hunt and Taylor Branham gave up After the Musketeers (3-3)
a 2-run single five Commodore hits to take had rallied from a 3-0 deficit
by Cornwell; to the loss. to tie it in the seventh, St.
take a 9-5 lead. Jefferson hoists Paulding John’s winning pitch Ryan
Jefferson tonight. Buescher (2-0, 3 innings, 2
tried to rally hits, 1 unearned run, 1 walk,
in the home half. Justin Rode Perry 003 500 0-852
Jefferson 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 4 2 1 K) set down the Musketeers
got aboard on a dropped third WP: Megan Patton; LP: Taylor 1-2-3 in the top of the eighth.
strike. Anspach walked and Branham. 2B: Sara Baughn (P).
The Blue Jays (3-1) got
Nick Cook singled back to -----
Lady ’Dawgs a leadoff double to deep left
the pitcher. Two outs later,
Schleeter doubled to left field pound Ottoville from senior Austin Vogt, end-
to score Rode and Anspach ELIDA — Elida’s softball ing Musketeer senior Brad
but the Wildcats could get no team totaled eight hits but Trentman’s (4-plus frames, 2
more. Ottoville helped hits, 1 unearned run, 2 bases-
“It was a turnaround from with eight on-balls, 3 strikeouts) stint
the night before, when we ral- errors as the on the mound for sophomore
lied late. We even got the first Lady Bulldogs Nick Verhoff. He inten-
two out but then the bottom destroyed the tionally passed Tyler Ditto Tom Morris photo
of the order got hot; they just visitors 17-0 in (2-for-3, 2 runs batted in). An
out later, he plunked junior St. John’s senior Austin Vogt lines up this pitch for a double in the eighth inning
started hitting line drives and a 5-inning game Wednesday at Wednesday night. That led to the eventual game-winner as the Blue Jays edged past Fort
we just couldn’t get the third Dorothy Edwards Field. Austin Reindel. With the
Lindsay Peters (2-2) threw infield drawn in, Buescher Jennings 4-3.
out,” Jefferson coach Doug
Geary noted. “I tried chang- a 1-hitter for the hosts. grounded to second. Ryan center. Two outs hence, Vogt K. Warnecke led off the simply in need of at-bats —
ing pitchers twice and nothing Jordan Haidle had two hits Schuerman dove to grab the walked. Ditto singled to right seventh with a single to right this was only our fourth game
worked. Overall, though, we for Elida (2-4), while Kacie ball but his hurried throw center to score Calvelage. and Good bunted him up a — against live pitching. Our
are showing signs of improve- Roberts had three runs batted home was off-line, allow- Senior Ryan Edelbrock base. C. Warnecke’s ground- bats are not where we need
ment. Our defense was pretty in (home run) and Kayla Smith ing sophomore pinch-runner blooped a hit to center that er was misplayed, allowing them to be but I think as we
good and our offense is get- and Jessica Guerrero (triple) Andrew Metzger to score the plated Vogt for a 2-0 spread. K. Warnecke to score the get more games in, we will
ting more consistent. We went had two each. game-winner. The Musketeers wasted a tying run. J. Calvelage forced be OK.”
against their number one pitch- Ottoville is at Bath and Elida “It’s easy enough to tell a leadoff opposite-field dou- C. Warencke at second and For Swick, coming back
er, striuck out 11 times overall at Liberty-Benton tonight. player to set his feet in that ble to left by junior Nolan Neidert singled to eight. was a good sign.
and still scored seven runs, Ottoville 0 0 0 00- 018 situation but in the heat of a Neidert, stranding him at However, Buescher retired “Down 3-0, it’s easy to
enough to win. We just have Elida 564 2 x - 17 8 1 game, those things can hap- third. the next batter. pack things up and go home
to put the ball in play more and WP: Lindsay Peters (2-2); LP:
pen. He probably had more Good was stranded at sec- An inning-ending double in an hour and 25 minutes.
finish.” Mackenzie Martin.
HR: Roberts (E).
3B: Guerrero (E).
time than he thought but he ond with two down in the play turned by Jennings in We didn’t and that’s a posi-
Perry scored an unearned --- made a great play to have a Musketeer third. the bottom half forced an tive,” Swick added. “This was
run in the second on a walk Wannamaker chance,” Jennings coach Jeff
to Cornwell, a stolen base, a The Jays went up 3-0 in extra inning. only our sixth game, so we’re
outduels Maag Swick noted. “St. John’s put the home half. Senior Tyler “We started off hitting the still trying to figure things
fielder’s choice and a passed the ball in play in that situ-
ball.
OTTOVILLE — Bluffton’s Bergfeld led off with a liner ball and then we started trying out and get into a consistent
Clay Wannamaker outdueled ation and they are going to to left and swiped second. to kill the ball. That pulled pattern.”
The Wildcats answered right Ottoville junior Travis Maag to hit the ball. We bring in Nick
back. Kyle Anspach got aboard An out later, he advanced on us off the ball a little bit and Both teams return to action
lead the Pirates to a 4-1 victory in that situation to shut them a wild pitch. Vogt walked. we either had a pop-up or tonight: St. John’s at Ottoville
via an error. Ben Babcock and over the Big Green Wednesday
Ross Thompson walked to load down; that’s his job for us.” Ditto ripped a single to plate a weak grounder,” Metzger and Fort Jennings hosting
at Ottoville. Jennings had first chance
them up. Jeff Schleeter beat Both only gave up three Bergfeld. However, the added. “Right now, we’re PCL foe Kalida.
out an infield single to third to to score against Jays starter Musketeers turned the first
hits but four Big Green errors Vogt (5 IP, 3 hits, 2 unearned
FORT JENNINGS (3) WP: Hellman, Buescher; HBP:
score Anspach for a 1-1 tie. allowed Bluffton to scored of their two double plays to ab-r-h-rbi Good (by Vogt), Reindel (by Verhoff);
Perry went up 2-1 in the runs, 3 free passes, 5 Ks) avert further damage.
Brad Trentman cf/p 5-0-0-0, Kurt PB: Reindel.
three times in the first and once in the first inning, getting
Warnecke 3b 2-0-1-0, Dylan Eldridge
third on a Sloan single and in the second as the visitors Jennings stranded two run- Cody Warnecke lf/cf/1b 3-1-0-0, Jared
pr 0-1-0-0, Tyler Good rf 2-1-1-0, -----
stolen base, a single by D. sophomore Kurt Warnecke ners in the visitors’ fourth (10 Calvelage c 4-0-1-0, Petey Van Loo pr
(From Tuesday)
improved to 5-0. (walk) and senior Tyler Good ST. JOHN’S (3)
Smith (Sloan was caught too The Big Green (4-3) host for the game) and the Jays Hellman p/lf 4-0-0-0, Nick Verhoff dh/p
0-0-0-0, Nolan Neidert 1b 4-0-2-0, Troy ab-r-h-rbi
far off third), with Smith tak- (single) to third and second stranded one of their nine in 3-0-0-0, Austin Norbeck ss 4-0-0-0. Geise p/ss 3-0-0-0, Tyler Bergfeld ss/p
Tanner Calvelage cf 4-0-1-0, Curtis
St. John’s this afternoon. with two down but failing to
ing second and then scoring on the home half. Totals 31-3-5-0. 3-1-1-0, Jordan Leininger dh 3-1-2-1,
Buetner’s hit to left. score.
The visitors got two
Bluffton 3 1 0 0 0 0 0-431 ST. JOHN’S (5) Austin Vogt 1b 3-1-1-1, Tyler Ditto rf
The Wildcats went up Ottoville 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-134 “We got great pitching Tanner Calvelage cf 4-1-1-0, Tyler 3-0-0-0, Ryan Edelbrock 3-0-001, Troy
WP: Clay Wannamacker; LP: Travis
again. Austin started and did unearned runs in the fifth. Bergfeld ss 3-1-1-0, Jordan Leininger Warnecke 3b 2-0-0-0, Ryan Densel lf
3-2 in the home half of the Maag. 2B: Gabe Goldsberry (B).
With one gone, Warnecke 1b/rf 4-0-0-0, Austin Vogt p/1b 2-1-1-0, 2-0-0-0. Totals 26-3-5-2.
fourth. Anspach walked and ---- a nice job and Ryan gave Andrew Metzger pr 0-1-0-0, Tyler Ditto MINSTER (2)
us three good innings,” St. walked. Good forced him rf/lf 3-0-2-2, Ryan Edelbrock 2b 3-0-1- Chase Paxson lf 4-0-0-0, Adam
moved up on a passed ball. Elida’s boys tennis team at second and burgled sec- 1, Troy Warnecke ph 1-0-1-0, Austin Niemeyer 1b 4-0-0-0, Craig Purpus
Thompson walked and Drew sweeps Spartans John’s coach Dan Metzger Reindel c 2-0-0-0, Ryan Densel lf 2-0- 2b 3-0-1-0, Mitchell Poeppelman cf
Kortokrax gets aboard on an said. “What concerns me is ond. Junior Cody Warnecke 0-0, Ryan Buescher p 1-0-0-0, Curtis 2-0-0-0, Ben Heitbrink c 2-1-0-0, Doug
LIMA — Elida boys tennis
error. Schleeter singles in both team grabbed a 5-0 sweep over our mistakes on defense; so walked; Good moved to third Geise 3b 3-0-0-0. Totals 28-4-7-3.
Score by Innings:
Huber dh 3-0-1-0, Ryan Hoying rf 2-0-
1-1, Brett Meiring 3b 3-0-0-0, Devon
Anspach and Thompsonto take host Lima Senior Wednesday far, we’ve been fortunate in on a passed ball. An error Ft. Jennings 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 3 Poeppelman ss 2-1-0-0. Totals 25-2-
the lead and advanced runners night. that it hasn’t really cost us on a fly ball to the outfield St. John’s 2 0 1 0 0 0
One out in 8th when winning
0 1 - 4 3-1.
Score by Innings:
to second and third. However, Grabbing wins for the but we have to shore that up hit by senior Jared Calvelage run scored St. John’s 0 0 0 3 0 0 0-3
Perry turned a fly-ball out and Bulldogs (4-3) were: first sin- if we want to continue to win scored both runners to get (FJ), Bergfeld, Ditto, Edelbrock; DP: Minster
E: Trentman, Ryan Schuerman 010 010 0-2
E: Heitbrink 2, Austin Reindel (SJ),
a throw from centerfielder gles Arwin Sayoto, 6-0, 6-0 games. We can’t keep giving within 3-2. Fort Jennings 2; LOB: Fort Jennings Warnecke, Densel, D. Poeppelman;
Cornwell to the catcher to nail over Quentin Starkey; sec- teams extra outs.” After the Orange and Black 10, St. John’s 9; 2B: Neidert, T. LOB: St. John’s 4, Minster; 2B:
stranded Verhoff at third with 2, Bergfeld, Densel.
Calvelage, Vogt; Sac: Good; SB: Good Leininger; Sac: Densel; SB: Calvelage,
Kortokrax at home for a double ond singles The Jays did take advan- Bergfeld, Leininger, Ditto, ; CS: George
play. C o r b i n tage in the bottom half two down in the sixth, the IP H R ER BB SO (by Reindel).
FORT JENNINGS
The hosts added two more Blue and Gold got runners on Hellman
IP H R ER BB SO
Ellison , against Musketeer junior 3 5 3 3 2 2 ST. JOHN’S
in the fifth. Tony George 6-0, 6-0 Troy Hellman (3 IPs, 5 hits, first (Reindel; walk) and sec- Trentman (L, 1-1) 4 2 1 0 2 3 Geise (1-0) 5.0 3 2 1 2 4
singled and went to third on over Dylan 3 earned runs, 2 walks, 2 ond (Edelbrock, single) with ST. Verhoff
JOHN’S
0.1 0 0 0 1 1 Bergfeld (S, 1)
MINSTER
2.0 0 0 0 1 3
Curtis Miller’s knock to right. Goodman; Ks). Junior Tanner Calvelage one out in the home half but Vogt 5.0 3 2 0 3 5 Ross Heitkamp (L) 7 5 3 2 1 2
Anspach’s hit to left plated third singles Aric Thompson, doubled to the fence in left failed to score. Buescher (W, 2-0) 3.0 2 1 0 1 1 WP: Geise; HBP: Heitbrink (by
George. An error on a ball hit
Trentman pitched to 1 batter in 8th Geise).
6-1, 6-0 over Bryon Simpson;

Knights use the bunt to take down Cougars 6-5

by Thompson scored Miller for first doubles Ardie Sayoto
a 5-2 edge. and Nick Kempton, 6-4, 7-6
Perry got one back in the over John Willamowski and
top half of the sixth on a walk Matt Stockhaus; and second
to Buetner, a steal and two doubles Cody Kerns and Nick By Kirk Dougal third for a fielder’s choice but erful Cougar offense, setting they both just took care of
fielder’s choices (Cornwell Kempton, 6-0, 6-0 over Derek Times Bulletin Editor Nofer was safe. Van Wert down in order in business.”
RBI). Conine and Conner Hall. kdougal@timesbulletin.com Now with the bases loaded, the second, third, fourth and Coach Pugh said his team
Jefferson hosts Paulding Elida hosts Van Wert 4:30 Jessica Burger fouled out to fifth innings. In the sixth, stuck to the game plan for
tonight. p.m. Friday. CONVOY - Crestview the third baseman for teh first however, the visitors caught the win.
PERRY (9)
ab-r-h-rbi ----- used a good dose of small out. MacKenzie Richard fol- up with her again. “Van Wert has got some
Sloan 3b/lf 4-1-2-0, D. Smith 1b/p Miller City grabs ball, solid defense and a gutsy lowed with a suicide squeeze With two outs, Danielle really nice hitters there and
3-2-1-0, Buetner p/1b 2-2-1-1, Wallace
lf/3b 3-1-0-1, Cornwell cf 3-2-1-3, Hunt
PCL win over Grove effort in the circle to hand for a bunt single to drive in Hitchcock, who had replaced we made a mistake in the first
2b 3-1-1-2, C. Smith c 2-0-0-0, Ewing MILLER CITY — Miller Van Wert their first loss of the speedy Nofer and Kirstin Acquaviva who was injured inning and got the ball across
rf 4-0-1-0, Sanders ss 4-0-0-0. Totals City scored three times in the season, 6-5, in a softball Hicks pushed a ground ball to on the dive in left, singled the plate for Williams,” said
28-9-7-7.
JEFFERSON (7) the bottom of the fifth inning game played in Convoy on the right side to plate Hamrick. down the first baseline. Coach Pugh. “She smoked it
ab-r-h-rbi to lift them to a 5-2 Putnam Wednesday night. A pop up to the first baseman Williams followed with a sin- like she is more than capable
Nik Moore ss 5-0-0-0, Tony George County League baseball win The game started ended the inning for gle to center on a 3-0 pitch and of so we just tried to make
over invad-
cf 3-1-1-0, Jordan Vorst cf 0-0-0-0,
Curtis Miller 1b 4-1-1-0, Justin Rode out like the visiting Crestview. All told, that brought Samantha sure after that we didn’t
dh 4-1-0-0, Kyle Anspach c 2-3-1-1, ing Columbus Cougars were going give her anything to hit.
Ben Babcock p 2-0-0-0, Mike Joseph G r o v e the Knights scored Fiegel to the plate.
pr 0-0-0-0, Nick Cook 2b/p 1-0-1-0, to take control. After four runs on three Fiegel bashed a double We needed to build off
Wednesday a strikeout to start the
Ross Thompson 2b/3b/p 2-1-0-1, Drew
Kortokrax rf 3-0-0-0, Jeff Schleeter night. hits in the inning. off the centerfield wall of Monday night’s win
3b/p 4-0-3-5. Totals 30-7-7-7.
B r e t t game, Toni Acquaviva Only one ball left the to plate the two run- and now off tonight’s
E: Sanders 2, C. Smith 2, Hunt;
DP: Perry 1; LOB: Perry 6, Jefferson 9; Hermiller got the win in a walked and then stole infield and four run- ners and a moment later win. I told the girls that
2B: Schleeter; 3B: Hunt; SB: Buetner complete game, while Brady second base. She could have ners reached base without hit- scored when Gretchen one thing we can’t do
2, Cornwell, Sloan, D. Smith, George.
Score by Innings: Shafer took the loss. saved her energy because ting the ball past the pitcher. Klinker doubled down the on (Thursday) night is let
Perry 011 001 6-975 Grove (4-5, 1-3 PCL) hosts Morgan Williams followed “It was one of those deals right field line. That tied the down. Spencerville is coming
Jefferson 0 1 0 2 2 0 2-772
Allen East tonight, while the up two pitches later by depos- where we knew we had to get game up at 5-5. to town and we just need to
IP H R ER BB SO
PERRY Wildcats are now 3-7 (1-0 iting the pitch over the left- the ball down and advance Cresrtview answered keep building and hit the ball
Buetner 4.0 2 3 2 4 5 PCL). center fence for a two-run the runners into scoring posi- immediately in the bottom of as well as we can and play
D. Smith (W)
JEFFERSON
3.0 5 4 1 1 6
Col. Grove 1 0 0 010 0-252 homer and an early 2-0 Van tion,” said Crestview coach the inning. Preston blooped a defense.”
Babcock 5.0 2 2 2 2 2 Miller City 1 0 0 031 x-561 Wert lead. Owen Pugh. “But then the single to left and then was sac- Williams led Van Wert
Schleeter (L) 1.2 2 5 5 3 WP: Brett Hermiller; LP: Brady
That is the way the score bunt was working so well rificed to second by Etzler on with two hits, including the

NBA DAILY PLAYOFFS

Nick Cook 0.0 2 2 2 1 0
The Associated Press
FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary)
Saturday’s Games
Indiana at Chicago, 1 p.m.; Philadelphia at
Miami, 3:30 p.m.; Atlanta at Orlando, 7 p.m.;
Portland at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Memphis at San Antonio, 1 p.m.; New Orleans
at L.A. Lakers, 3:30 p.m.; New York at Boston, 7
p.m.; Denver at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Philadelphia at Miami, 7 p.m.; Indiana at
Chicago, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
New York at Boston, 7 p.m.; Atlanta at Orlando,
7:30 p.m.; Portland at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Denver at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.; Memphis
at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.; New Orleans at L.A.
Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 21
Chicago at Indiana, TBD; Miami at Philadelphia,
TBD; Dallas at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
Friday, April 22
Boston at New York, TBD; Orlando at Atlanta,
TBD; L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 23
Chicago at Indiana, TBD; Dallas at Portland,
5 p.m.; San Antonio at Memphis, 7:30 p.m.;
Oklahoma City at Denver, 10 p.m.
Shafer. 2B: Blake Hoffman (CG).
Sunday, April 24
Miami at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.; Boston at New
York, 3:30 p.m.; Orlando at Atlanta, 7 p.m.; L.A.
Lakers at New Orleans, 9:30 p.m.
Monday, April 25
San Antonio at Memphis, TBD; x-Portland at
Dallas, TBD; Oklahoma City at Denver, 10:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 26
x-Indiana at Chicago, TBD; x-New York at
Boston, TBD; x-Atlanta at Orlando, TBD; x-New
Orleans at L.A. Lakers, TBD
Wednesday, April 27
x-Philadelphia at Miami, TBD; x-Memphis at San
Antonio, TBD; x-Denver at Oklahoma City, TBD
Thursday, April 28
x-Chicago at Indiana, TBD; x-Orlando at
Atlanta, TBD; x-L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, TBD;
x-Dallas at Portland, TBD
Friday, April 29
x-Miami at Philadelphia, TBD; x-Boston at
New York, TBD; x-San Antonio at Memphis, TBD;
x-Oklahoma City at Denver, TBD
Saturday, April 30
x-Indiana at Chicago, TBD; x-Atlanta at
Orlando, TBD; x-New Orleans at L.A. Lakers,
TBD; x-Portland at Dallas, TBD
Sunday, May 1
x-Philadelphia at Miami, TBD; x-New York at
Boston, TBD; x-Memphis at San Antonio, TBD;
x-Denver at Oklahoma City, TBD
stayed until the home half
of the third inning when the
Lady Knights put on a dis-
play of small ball. Madison
Etzler led off with a single to
center and Danica Hicks fol-
lowed with a sacrifice bunt.
The Van Wert third baseman
bounced the throw to first,
however, and all hands were
safe while Etzler moved to
third. MacKenzie Nofer then
dropped a perfect bunt down
in front of the plate to score
Etzler and she was safe at
first for a base hit. The line-
up rolled over to the top of
the order and Taylor Hamrick
skipped a ground ball off
the Cougar shortstop for an
error. Holly Genth laid down
a bunt and the throw went to
that I just thought we’d keep
on trying it. Then when we
got Nofer at third and I had
a good bunter up there in
(Richard), I went with the
suicide squeeze. The small
ball got it done tonight.”
In the bottom of the fourth,
Etzler started Crestview
again. This time she hit a
rocket down the leftfield line
that Acquaviva made a ter-
rific effort on just to dive and
get a piece of glove on the
ball. It rolled into the corner
and Etzler motored all the
way around for an inside-
the-park home run and a 5-2
Crestview lead.
Meanwhile, Madison
Preston was doing a terrific
job of holding down the pow-
a perfect bunt. Danica Hicks
then drove a line drive single
into right field that scored
Preston from second and gave
the home team a 6-5 lead,
one which Preston would
make stand up by setting the
Cougars down in order in the
seventh inning.
After the game, Van Wert
coach Mike McClure pointed
back at the third inning as a
key point in the game.
“They played a little small
ball on us and we were slow
getting to it,” he said. “And
then Preston did a really nice
job pitching today. Morgan
(Williams) did too so it was
a good pitchers’ duel. They
both had one inning that kind
of blowed up but otherwise
home run and Fiegel added
a double. Crestview’s Etzler
was the only Knight with two
hits, including her inside-the-
park blow.
Preston picked up the
win for Crestview, going
seven innings and allowing
five runs, all earned, on six
hits, five strikeoouts and two
walks. Williams took the loss,
going the distance and giving
up six runs, three earned, on
six hits, three strikeouts and
one walk.
With the win, Crestview
moves to 5-4, while Van Wert
drops to 6-1.
Van Wert 2 0 0 0 0 3 0-562
Crestview 0 0 4 1 0 1 x-660
WP - Preston; LP - Williams 2B
- (VW) Fiegel, Klinker. HR - (VW)
Williams; (C) Etzler.
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AGRIBUSINESS
Applications being accepted for OSU
Extension 4-H summer internship
Applications are now being
accepted at the Van Wert
County Extension office for a
2011 4-H summer intern.
The intern will be required
to work closely with the
Extension 4-H program coor-
dinator, office associate, 4-H
Council, club advisors and
teen volunteers helping to
organize and conduct a wide
range of 4-H program activi-
ties. These activities include
but are not limited to 4-H
Camp, Jr. Fair projects, proj-
ect judging and interviews,
clover bud camps and other
educational activities con-
ducted by the program.
The successful applicant
Photos submitted for this rewarding position
must be willing to commit
Elida FFA participates in Career Development events to flexible work hours to
cover required 4-H activi-
Members of Elida FFA recently participate in the District 4 Public Speaking contest.
ties, many of which take cover letter, resume and a
place in the evenings and on completed OSU Application
the weekends. Other skills is April 29. Applications and
needed for the applicant to a detailed internship posi-
be successful in this posi- tion description are avail-
tion are strong communica- able online at http://vanwert.
tion and people skills to be osu.edu or can be picked
able to relate to a diverse up at the Van Wert County
audience of adults, teens and Extension Office, 1055 S
younger youth; good organi- Washington St, Monday
zational skills to be able to through Friday, 8 a.m. to
work on multiple projects 4:30 p.m. Completed appli-
at the same time and meet cation, resume and cover
various deadlines; strong letter should be sent to the
leadership abilities; self- Van Wert County Extension
motivation and strong work Office, 1055 S. Washington
ethic; and creativity to bring St., Van Wert OH 45891.
new ideas to 4-H activities. For additional information
First priority will be given or questions contact the OSU
to Van Wert County college Extension office in Van Wert
level students or high school at (419) 238-1214.
graduates who possess 4-H This project is funded
experience.
The deadline to submit
through a grant from the Van
Wert County Foundation.

Spring lawn fertilization, crabgrass control

Keaton Brenneman, left, placed third of eight contestants in the Prepared Speech contest.
His six-minute speech was on the hog industry. Anthony Siefker placed second of eight
contestants in the FFA Creed contest. Siefker qualified for the state contest.
BY GLEN ARNOLD,
Extension Educator,
OSU Extension,
Putnam County
Now that April has arrived,
many people are anxious to
get outside and get yard work
done. Spring lawn fertiliza-
tion and crabgrass control
are usually two of the earliest
projects given consideration.
A lawn needs good soil and
adequate nutrients for good
growth. Lawns need regular
fertilization to keep the grass
growing and weeds out. The
highest quality lawns need
to be fertilized about every
eight to 10 weeks throughout
the growing season. Also,
lawns better handle droughts
when well fertilized heading
into the heat of the summer.
Grass should be fertilized
with nitrogen, phosphorus
Members also participated in the District 4 Agricultural Mechanics Contest at Sentinel and potassium. The fertilizer
Career Center. The team placed 9th out of 14 schools. Test stations included, welding, bag label must state the per-
torch work, soldering, electrical wiring, tap and die work, tool and fastener identifica- centage by weight of nitrogen,
tion. Team members were, from left, Zac Siefker, Alex Shaw-Roberts and Josh Dawson. phosphorus and potassium in
The Outdoor Power team of Siefker, Shaw-Roberts and Garret Kamine placed first of 15 that order. A 100-pound bag
schools and will compete at the State Outdoor Power Contest on Friday in Wooster. of 10-5-5 fertilizer contains
10 pounds of actual nitrogen
(100 pounds x 10 percent however, over-application of
nitrogen = 10 pounds), five fertilizer at this time just
pounds of actual phospho- increases the amount of
rus (100 pounds x 5 percent mowing needing to be done.
phosphorus = 5 pounds), and Crabgrass has long been
five pounds of actual potas- problem weed in lawns across
sium (100 pounds x 5 percent our area. It’s an annual grass
potassium = 5 pounds). The weed in that it germinates
amount of nutrients in any from seed each spring, grows
other dry fertilizer bag can be during the summer and pro-
determined in the same way. duces seed before dying with
Many of the springtime the first hard frost in the fall.
lawn fertilization products The invasion of crabgrass
commonly available have an and other annual grass weeds
analysis similar to 27-3-3. If can be prevented to a large
you use these in the spring, degree by maintaining a
be sure to follow up with dense, healthy stand of grass.
a fertilizer containing more A high quality lawn will
phosphorus and potassium in develop a highly competitive
late summer, especially in canopy which will shade the
September. soil surface and discourage
When applying fertilizer, the germination and estab-
OSU Extension recommen- lishment of seedling annual
dations call for no more than grass weeds.
1 to 1.5 pounds of actual In newly established
nitrogen be applied per 1000 lawns, thin lawns or unthrifty
square feet of yard area. If areas of the lawn where ade-
your yard was an acre in quate density is not present
size (43,560 square feet) then to provide formidable pre-
43 to 65 pounds of nitrogen ventive control, crabgrass
would be sufficient per fer- establishment should be
tilization application. anticipated.
University research The crabgrass seeds in the
has shown that fall (mid soil begin to germinate in
September) and late fall the spring once the soil tem-
(early October) fertiliza- peratures warm to nighttime
tion is ideal for home lawns. minimum temperatures of 52
Fertilization during these to 54 degrees for at least five
times will benefit lawns consecutive nights under con-
more than any other prac- ditions of moist soils. This
tice. Fall fertilization enables usually occurs near the end
the grass to produce a greater of April in Putnam County.
root mass and a deeper root This is why crabgrass con-
system resulting in an over- trol products are normally
all healthier plant. applied in early to mid April
Most homeowners place so they can receive rainfall
too much emphasis on spring to become activated in time
fertilization. Some fertilizer for the germination of the
is needed during the spring; crabgrass seeds.

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Members of the Elida FFA participated in the State FFA Greenhand Quiz contest and placed fourth of 119 schools.
The contest tests students’ knowledge of the history of the FFA, state and national events and also includes questions
on parliamentary procedure. Team members include, front from left, Isaac Troyer, 26th; Emily Siefker, 10th; Mitchel
Kamine, 15th; and Mika Graves, 18th; and back, Andy Jahnz, 21st; Anthony Siefker, 4th of 1,301 students; Dillon
Howell, 22nd; and Victor Newell, 50th.

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everyone for all the great phos Herald urges our Ft. Jennings Midwest Ohio 22 Fabric edge
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these businesses. (This up, ladies & men’s to 2X,
notice provided as a cus- LOTS of misc. 45 Cold War org. 53 54 55 56
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840 Mobile Homes 49 In the buff 57 58 59
GARAGE SALE. 53 Argued
56 Hunter’s wear 60 61 62
290 Wanted to Buy
Fri. 8-5, Sat 8-1. RENT OR Rent to Own. 2
LOST: NINTENDO DSI
634 Wayne St. bedroom, 1 bath mobile 57 BMW rival
XL-Burgandy. Lost in Del-
Eddie Bauer travel sys- home. 419-692-3951.
58 Summer in Cannes
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tem, car seats, 2 TVs,
59 Tar’s patron saint
within the last 2 weeks. 60 Alpine goat
419-235-7628 Raines Playstation 2, pressure
cooker, antique dish set, 890 Autos for Sale 61 Use henna 11 Mr. Rooney 39 Looked happy
62 Squeeze oranges
Jewelry adult name brand clothes, 17
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Heavy for its size
40 Excellent grade
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Very willing
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Pocket Watches, Diamonds. 4 Gentleman callers
place a 25 word classified
ad in more than 100 news-
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WHEN YOU BUY 5 Tummy muscles
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Anti-Semitism in Tomorrow’s HI AND LOIS

the workplace
Horoscope
By Bernice Bede Osol
Friday, April 15, 2011
Dear Annie: My 29-year- hard time understanding the
old daughter works at a large dialogue. There is strong possibility that in
the next year you could meet someone
multinational corporation. I also mute most commer- bearing a dynamic personality with
On numerous occasions and cials because the noise hurts whom you’ll form a close alliance.
in different divisions of the my ears. The music is incred- This enterprising friend is likely to
corporation, she has heard ibly annoying. -- Kuttawa, have a very positive effect on your
life.
anti-Jewish comments. In Ky. ARIES (March 21-April 19) --
fact, at one event, she was so Dear Kuttawa: There is If you attempt to flatter someone in
upset by what was being said no question that the music hopes of securing a favor, it is likely to
at a group dinner that she had and background noise in TV have the opposite effect. You’ll have
a better chance of getting what you
BLONDIE
to leave the table for fear she programs and advertising are want if you’re up-front and honest.
would cry. louder than they used to be. TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
For whatever reason, she And certainly louder than -- The present cycle you’re in won’t
hurt you if you’re willing to work for
chooses to remain silent necessary. Producers respond what you want. However, you could
when these remarks are to the bottom line. Let them be severely disappointed if you think
made. We are Jewish, and know you will not watch any you can cash in without putting forth
her grandparents show in which the some effort.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
were Holocaust background noise -- Chances are you will be able to
survivors. I have drowns out the dia- acquire exactly what you want, ahead
told her she needs logue. And inform of everybody else. Once you get it,
however, it isn’t going to be anything
to speak up, but sponsors that you like you thought it would be.
she doesn’t want to will not purchase CANCER (June 21-July 22) --
make waves. their products if Be on guard if a usually gruff associate
It pains me the commercials is suddenly nice to you. It won’t take
to know that my are blaring. Money
much to figure out that he or she wants
something extreme from you.
BEETLE BAILEY
daughter is work- talks. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Resist
ing in an environ- Dear Annie: going shopping if you really shouldn’t
be spending any more money on
ment where the This is in response nonessentials, as your willpower is at
employees have no to “Midwest,” who low ebb. Wait until all your old bills
qualms about dis- has a criminal are paid, so you don’t go further in
playing their big- Annie’s Mailbox record and can’t debt.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) --
otry, and that anti- find a job. Your When negotiating with another, find
Semitism is alive and well answer was helpful, but you the middle ground no matter how long
in the USA. I am also upset left out the fastest grow- it takes. Whatever agreement you
that she lets these opinions ing source of employment form, it must be fair and benefit each
party equally.
go without challenging them available to everyone: self- LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- It’s
or, at a minimum, telling the employment. not how elaborate your excuses are
bigot that she is Jewish and In today’s economy, for not doing the things you should,
it’s how honest you are about why
such statements are inappro- it doesn’t take a bundle of you can’t do them. Put more energy
priate in the workplace. money to go into business for in production and less into fashioning SNUFFY SMITH
Any suggestions as to what yourself. And there are thou- your alibi.
I could say to my daughter to sands of companies looking SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) --
You should take extra care in dealing
convince her that it is her to put people to work as free- with a friend, especially if your pal
duty to confront the bigotry lance representatives, with a is on the sensitive side. If you’re
head on? -- Dismayed in the small investment, frequently not careful, he or she could easily
Boston Area less than $50. If “Midwest” misinterpret your intentions and end
up with hurt feelings.
Dear Boston: While we decides to reenter the job SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
understand your daughter’s market later, employers are 21) -- Be careful you don’t overreach
reluctance, it is incumbent willing to take a good look yourself in going up against a
veteran who knows how to win, in
upon everyone to speak up at someone who can show a competitive situation where your
when they witness bigotry of she started a business from work is concerned.
any kind. We contacted David scratch. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
Kurzmann, assistant direc- Please don’t get caught 19) -- If someone asks you for a bit
of advice, strive to be as up front and
tor of the Anti-Defamation up in the idea that in order honest as possible, because you won’t
League in Greater Chicago to make a living, you have help this person one bit if you try to HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
and the Upper Midwest. He to work for somebody else. sugarcoat the truth.
said the law protects work- -- Florida Entrepreneur AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) --
Usually you’re pretty good at bargain
ers against religion-based Dear Florida: You make hunting, but you might purchase two
harassment, intimidation and an excellent point, although separate items, both of which you will
repeated insult, especially setting up your own business pay far more for than what they’re
worth.
where it harms the employ- is not necessarily as simple PISCES (Feb. 20-March
ee’s employment, position or as you make it seem. But for 20) -- Do not make promises or
compensation. those who are having dif- commitments that you know you’ll
Most large companies ficulty finding other employ- have trouble trying to keep. It’s better
to be honest than it is to let someone
have complaint processes ment, it is definitely worth unwisely depend on you.
(usually through HR, an looking into. Copyright 2011, United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
ombuds office or an ethics
line). They will often take the
complaint seriously, inves-
tigate the situation and take BORN LOSER
action to change the envi-
ronment. Your daughter may
also have legal claims against
the company and may wish to
talk to an employment law-
yer. Organizations such as
the Anti-Defamation League
(adl.org) and Workplace
Fairness (workplacefairness.
org) may be able to offer
further advice on how to pro-
ceed.
Dear Annie: Please do a
huge favor for those of us FRANK & ERNEST
with hearing problems and
ask the people who sponsor
or produce TV programs to
reduce or eliminate the loud
music. It is so bad that I can’t
understand what the actors
are saying. If it were not for
closed captioning, I wouldn’t
bother to watch any of the
programs. Even friends with-
out hearing problems have a
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NATO airstrikes hit Gadhafi targets

By SEBASTIAN ABBOT and
MAGGIE MICHAEL
Associated Press
AJDABIYA, Libya — NATO launched
new airstrikes Wednesday on targets held by
Moammar Gadhafi as rebel leaders urged a
stronger air campaign that will allow them to
advance on Gadhafi’s territory.
Gadhafi’s government, meanwhile,
denounced proposals by rebel leaders that they
be given some of the regime’s assets that have
been frozen as part of international sanctions.
“That is financial piracy,” Finance Minister
Abdulhafid Zlitni said of such a transfer. In all,
about $120 billion in Libyan assets have been
frozen, he told a news conference.
Detailing Wednesday’s bombings, a NATO
official confirmed a strike on at least one
ammunition bunker outside the Libyan capital,
Tripoli. He asked that his name not be used
because the military alliance was not yet releas-
ing the information publicly.
Libya’s official JANA news agency reported
airstrikes Wednesday in three other places:
Misrata, Libya’s third-largest city; Sirte, a
Gadhafi stronghold and home to the Libyan
leader’s tribe; and Aziziyah, about 22 miles
(35 kilometers) south of Tripoli. Jana said the
strike in Misrata was in an area “populated with
residents.”
But Mohammed Abdullah, a Misrata activ-
ist and a professor, said residents had mostly
evacuated that part of Misrata several weeks ago
after Gadhafi troops stormed it.
“Gadhafi troops are misleading the NATO,”
he said. “The Gadhafi forces turn the shops into
weapon caches and then claim that the areas are
residential.”
Libyan rebels have been pleading for more
NATO airstrikes as top Western and Arab
envoys gather in Qatar’s capital to discuss ways
to end the Libyan crisis.
Mohamed Ismail Tajouri, a 54-year-old
businessman who joined the rebels in their
stronghold of Benghazi, said having a rebel
delegation attend the Qatar meeting amounts to
key international recognition.
“We are proud of this,” he told The Associated
Press. “This political development is really
good for the rebels but the Gadhafi regime is not
normal. He is a bloody creature, he won’t leave
until he spills some blood.”
At Wednesday’s meeting, a spokesman for
Libyan rebels, Mohammed Shammam, urged
the U.S. military to reassert a stronger role in the
NATO-led air campaign or risk more civilian
casualties in the fighting between Gadhafi and
forces seeking to end his four-decade rule.
Shammam’s appeal appeared to set the
urgent tone for the rebels’ meetings with the
U.N.’s secretary-general and other top envoys.
In Washington, Pentagon officials disclosed
that American fighter jets have continued air-
strikes in Libya even after the United States
turned over the mission to NATO last week.
The revelation that Americans have flown 35
percent of all air missions over the past 10 days
came amid complaints from allies that the U.S.
military should be doing more.
While peace efforts remain the top objective,
there also appears to be a shift toward trying to
boost the rebels’ firepower to protect their terri-
tory from government offensives. One proposal
noted by Italy — Libya’s former colonial ruler
— calls for allies providing defensive weapons.
The meeting comes as fighting on the eastern
side of the country has been restricted to the
occasional barrage of rockets, in contrast to the
rapid advances and retreats that characterized
much of the combat there in past weeks.
Gadhafi’s forces, however, continued to
shell the besieged city of Misrata in recent
days. International groups are warning of a dire
humanitarian crisis in Misrata, the only city
in western Libya still partially in the hands of
rebels.
In the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, rebel
spokesman Abdel-Hafidh Ghoga said repre-
sentatives are in negotiations over arms deals
with the countries that have recognized the
movement’s National Transitional Council —
France, Italy and Qatar — as well as with other
countries.
“I think there will be no problem receiving
weapons,” Ghoga said.
He added: “We believe that the solution with
Col. Gadhafi’s regime will only come through
force. There will not be a political solution
unless it is imposed on this regime by the inter-
national community.”
Libya’s deputy foreign minister, Khaled
Kaim, alleged Wednesday that Lebanese mili-
tants have joined the ranks of the rebels, but did
not provide evidence. Kaim claimed that several
members of the Lebanese group Hezbollah are
fighting alongside the rebels in Misrata, and that
members of another militant group, Amal, are
training rebel fighters in Benghazi.
At the Doha meeting, delegates vowed to
work toward setting up a financial mecha-
nism to help the rebels’ transitional government
pay salaries and cover other day-to-day needs.
Envoys said the system could draw on oil rev-
enues from rebel-held areas and frozen Libyan
assets previously under Gadhafi’s control.
The Libyan finance minister, Zlitni, warned
that the government would go to court to block
any possible transfer of frozen assets to the
rebels. Those holding the assets have no right to
transfer them, “unless they have a clear mandate
from the U.N. Security Council,” Zlitni said.
“This is theft.”
The minister said the country will be able to
manage econonomically despite the sanctions.
He said while about $120 billion in Libyan
assets have been frozen, the country has billions
of dollars in contingency funds at its disposal.
He did not specify the size of Libya’s reserves,
but added that “those contingency reserves are
going to last for quite some time.”
Still, Zlitni acknowledged that the sanctions
“hurt the financial and economic situation of
the majority of Libyans which the U.N. did not
intend.”
Zlitni said he has lowered the price of fuel
by 25 percent and increased salaries by 50 per-
cent to ease the economic pressure on ordinary
Libyans.
He said Libya currently produces only about
65 percent of its daily fuel requirements because
of the sanctions. As a result of the shortage, long
lines of dozens of cars are seen waiting at gas
stations across the Gadhafi-controlled areas.

Delays slow foreclosure activity

By ALEX VEIGA
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Lender processing delays reduced the num-
ber of U.S. homes taken back by banks in the first three months of
the year and contributed to a sharp drop in properties entering the
foreclosure process.
But March foreclosure data suggest foreclosure activity may be
starting to creep higher, as lenders make progress tackling a backlog
of pending foreclosure cases.
Banks repossessed 215,046 homes in the January to March quar-
ter, down 6 percent from the fourth quarter and down 17 percent
versus the same period last year, foreclosure listing firm RealtyTrac
Inc. said today.
The number of properties receiving a notice of default for the first
time also declined, falling 17 percent from the fourth quarter and 35
percent from the first three months of last year, the firm said.
The drop-off in foreclosure activity stems from foreclosure doc-
umentation problems that came to light last fall. Many banks have
since revisited thousands of foreclosure cases, delaying the process-
ing of new foreclosures. The logjam has been compounded by court
delays in states such as Florida, New York, and New Jersey, where
foreclosures must be approved by a judge.
Still, between February and March, the number of properties
repossessed by banks rose 13 percent, the highest increase in a year.
And homes receiving their first notice of default climbed 16 percent.
“The bottleneck is opening up a little bit and we’re starting to see
the first inklings that we might be getting back to more normal levels of
foreclosures,“ said Rick Sharga, a senior vice president at RealtyTrac.
By normal levels, Sharga means the elevated pace of foreclosure
activity that led to more than 1 million homes being taken back by
lenders last year.
Roughly 5 million borrowers are at least two months behind on
their mortgages, by some estimates. And many of the factors that
Gov’t wants airlines to repay fee after losing bag
By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ
Associated Press
NEW YORK — You’ve already paid $15, $20, even $35 to
check your bag on a flight. Then the airline loses it. You don’t
even get your money back.
The government wants to change that, tackling two of the big-
gest complaints about the air travel industry — poor service and
the explosion of fees — at once. Major airlines, which collect
$3.3 billion in bag fees each year, are opposed.
The airlines charge $15 to $35 to check a bag, $20 to $45 to
check a second and more for the third and beyond. Most airlines
won’t provide a refund, even if it takes days to return a passen-
ger’s suitcase. They say the rule would raise prices for everyone.
“I am going to pay you $25 to deliver my bag to X destina-
tion, it should be there waiting,” says Joseph S. Rosenberg of
Roanoke, Va., who had to buy a suit at the last minute this week
after an airline lost his bag on a flight to a business meeting.
“They should return the fee for failure of service,” says
Rosenberg, whose luggage arrived after his meeting.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has implemented a
series of rules aimed at protecting passengers. Last year, the
government limited how long passengers can sit on planes during
ground delays to three hours.
Now the Transportation Department wants to make airlines
pay passengers more when they’re bumped off their flight, allow
passengers to cancel reservations within 24 hours of booking with
no penalty and require better disclosure of fees and surcharges.
Under existing rules, if luggage is never found or is damaged,
passengers can ask for a fee refund as part of their lost-property
claim. But if a bag is simply delayed, a passenger is out of luck.
Two airlines provide a credit — although not a cash refund.
Alaska Airlines offers a $20 credit for future travel or 2,000
frequent flier miles if luggage is not at the claim area 20 minutes
after the plane parks at the gate. Delta gives a $25 credit for each
bag if it doesn’t arrive within 12 hours. Both airlines require a
claim form.
Airlines prefer handing out vouchers instead of cash. The
credits mean that a passenger will either bring them additional
business or just never redeem the voucher, costing the airline
nothing. Airlines often offer vouchers when they look for volun-
teers to give up seats on overbooked flights.
U.S. airlines lose bags at about half the rate they did in 2007,
before the implementation of checked luggage fees. People are carry-
ing on their bags, making the airlines’ job easier. Still, last year, more
than 2 million bags didn’t arrive on the same flight as their owner.
“Passengers are paying $25 to have their bags carried but they
aren’t getting any better service. The airlines are just using it as
a way to increase revenue,” says Nick Gates, who oversees bag-
gage products for SITA, an aviation technology provider.
John Thomas, head of global aviation at LEK Consulting,
disagrees. Now that airlines make money off baggage, he says,
they can justify spending money to improve tracking technology
and handle bags more efficiently.
Thomas says it costs the airlines $15 to $20 per bag to cover
fuel and handling costs. A delayed bag costs an average of $100
to return to its owner, Gates says.
The new DOT rule would require airlines to refund the fee if
a bag is lost or not delivered in a “timely” manner. Exactly what
“timely” means is yet to be determined. When the DOT asked for
public comment, one suggestion was that a bag be considered late
if it isn’t delivered within two hours of the passenger’s arrival.

Little time between call, plunge College budget cuts protested

have contributed to the foreclosure crisis are likely to continue driv-
ing foreclosures this year, including high unemployment, a weak
housing market, falling home values and tighter lending standards.
The foreclosure processing delays remain most pronounced in
states where judges play a role in the foreclosure process.
In Florida, for example, foreclosure activity has fallen 47 percent
since the fourth quarter, and it’s taking nearly 17 months from the time
a property receives its initial notice of default until it is put up for auc-
tion. That process normally takes about four months, Sharga said.
In New Jersey and New York, other states where judges play a
role in foreclosures, the process is taking nearly 27 months.
Inmates kill 63-year-old guard
By DIRK LAMMERS
Associated Press
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Two South Dakota inmates attacked a
63-year-old prison guard, wrapped his head in plastic shrink wrap
and left him to die before using his uniform to sneak past security
in an unsuccessful escape attempt, investigators said in court docu-
ments released Wednesday.
Eric Robert and Rodney Berget, both 48, are charged with first-
degree and felony murder. Both were ordered to be held without bond
and to have no contact with each other. Public defenders assigned to the
men had no immediate comment on the case, though Robert’s attorney
said Robert still was deciding whether he wanted to represent himself.
Attorney General Marty Jackley said corrections officer Ronald
Johnson was working alone Tuesday in a part of the Sioux Falls
prison known as Pheasantland Industries, where inmates work on
upholstery, signs, custom furniture and other projects.
“He was assaulted. His uniform was taken,” Jackley said.
Johnson’s son said Tuesday was the guard’s birthday.
Robert put on Johnson’s brown pants, hat and lightweight jacket
before approaching the prison’s west gate with his head down,
pushing a cart with two boxes wrapped in packing tape, according
to an investigator’s affidavit.
Berget was hidden inside one of the boxes.
Another corrections officer opened an inner gate and allowed
Robert to wheel the cart into a holding area, but became suspicious
when Robert didn’t swipe his electronic ID card. Robert claimed he
forgot his badge and said main control was out of temporary cards,
according to the affidavit.
The officer then asked Cpl. Matthew Freeburg if he recognized
the guard, and Freeburg said no. When the officer called for a
supervisor, Robert started kicking and beating Freeburg and Berget
jumped out of the box to join in, the affidavit said.
More officers arrived to find Berget still beating Freeburg,
investigators said. Robert had climbed the outer gate, reaching the
razor wire on top. Both inmates were apprehended before leaving
the grounds and taken to a jail in Sioux Falls.
Jackley said Freeburg was taken to a hospital, but returned to
work Wednesday.
Asked whether prison procedures would be reviewed, Jackley
said: “As to policies and procedures, that would be up to the
Department of Corrections, not the attorney general.”
Corrections officials have declined comment on specifics of the
incident other than issuing a news release Tuesday.
Berget has been in and out of South Dakota’s prison system
since the mid-1980s and is serving life sentences for attempted
murder and kidnapping. He was convicted of escaping from the
penitentiary in 1984. In 1987, he and five other inmates again broke
out of the same facility on Memorial Day by cutting through bars in
an auto shop. He was caught in mid-July of that year.
Robert, of Piedmont, is serving an 80-year sentence for a kid-
napping conviction. In that case, an 18-year-old woman told police
a man posing as a plainclothes police officer pulled over her car
near Black Hawk, told her he needed to search it and then forced
her into the trunk. She used her cell phone to call for help, and she
was found unharmed.
Johnson, who worked at the penitentiary for more than 23 years,
was a father of two and grandfather of six. He died on his birthday,
said his son, Jesse Johnson.
By CHRIS CAROLA
Associated Press
NEWBURGH, N.Y. — Angela Gilliam called the
police at 7:43 p.m. Tuesday. She was worried about her
niece’s well-being and said there was a domestic tussle
going on at the younger woman’s apartment in this hard-
scrabble city on New York’s Hudson River.
Police headed to the apartment but by the time they got
there, it was empty.
Seventeen minutes later, Gilliam’s grand-nephew
La’Shaun Armstrong stood shivering and soaking wet in
a firehouse down the street, struggling to get the words
out: His mother, 25-year-old Lashanda Armstrong, had
driven their minivan off a boat ramp and into the river,
taking her three other children with her.
All of them died.
Only 10-year-old La’Shaun survived, managing to
open the driver’s window and escape the van just before
it slipped beneath the surface.
Police were still working Wednesday night to piece
together the events that led to Tuesday’s tragic plunge
that killed Armstrong and three children: Landen Pierre,
5, Lance Pierre, 2, and 11-month-old Laianna Pierre.
Earlier Tuesday, Armstrong appeared stressed when she
picked up the children at the Young and Unique Christian
Development Child Care, said Shaniesha Strange, super-
visor in the infant room.
“The only thing she’d say was that she was so alone,”
Strange said Wednesday. “She’s a single parent. She
takes great care of her kids, goes to school and works.
She really needed a helping hand.”
Police question the man they identified as the father
of the three dead children, Jean Pierre, but did not give
details. He apparently didn’t live with the mother and
children and could not immediately be located for com-
ment.
Hetty Minatee, another teacher at the day care cen-
ter, said Armstrong had enrolled the four children there
in September. At first Jean Pierre would come in with
Armstrong and sometimes would pick up the kids.
“A couple weeks ago, she came in a little upset,”
Minatee said. “She said, ’Miss Minatee, I don’t want the
father to pick the kids up or have any contact with them.’
She said she was trying to get a court order so he could
never see the kids again.”
From Armstrong’s apartment, she would have taken
a right turn onto Washington Street, site of George
Washington’s headquarters during the American
Revolution, and driven straight toward the river, down-
hill all the way. She’d be familiar with the boat launch,
neighbors said. She watched fireworks over the river
from the corner near her house. A half-mile drive would
have gotten her there. A hard left then a quick right turn
would take the van into the water.
Fire Chief Michael Vatter said the vehicle went under
in the 45-degree water within two minutes.
A passer-by found a soaked and cold La’Shaun
Armstrong along the shore and took him to a firehouse
for help.
“He got out of the car, got up onto the boat ramp,
turned around and it was gone,” Vatter said.
Divers searched for about an hour before finding the
minivan submerged in 10 feet of water about 25 yards
from the shore. They used a tow truck to pull it up the
ramp.
By AMY TAXIN
Associated Press
LONG BEACH, Calif. — More than 10,000 people
marched, waved signs and occupied buildings at college cam-
puses across California on Wednesday in a show of opposi-
tion to state budget cuts to education that could lead to higher
tuition, larger class sizes and lower enrollment.
The rallies were part of a day of protest planned for all 23
California State University campuses. Similar events took
place in states such as Massachusetts and New Jersey, where
legislators are slashing education spending to close huge bud-
get shortfalls.
In California, students peacefully occupied administra-
tion buildings in protest on at least six campuses, said Brian
Ferguson, a spokesman for the California Faculty Association,
which worked with students and employees to organize the
demonstrations.
He estimated about 12,000 students, faculty members and
others participated in the rallies statewide.
In Long Beach, about 800 of those demonstrators marched
to the student services administration building — which had
already shut down as a precaution — carrying signs reading
“Education is a right” and “No more greed.”
“I’m just mad at the government for funding more for
prison and war than for education,” said Cecillee Espanol, a
22-year-old psychology major at the university’s Long Beach
campus, who said she’s going to have to get a job next year to
cover the cost of her classes.
Another 1,000 people rallied at California State University,
Sacramento, including about 100 who occupied a campus building.
Deep budget cuts in California during the height of the
recession two years ago led to sharp tuition hikes, employee
furloughs, course cutbacks and reduced enrollment at the CSU
and University of California systems.
The state restored some of that funding last year. But
California’s public colleges and universities face another
round of painful cuts as Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature
seek to close the state’s $26.6 billion budget deficit.
Answers to Wednesday’s questions:
When it comes to thoroughbred horse racing, a shadow
roll is a large sheepskin band that is fastened over a
horse’s nose to prevent it from seeing its own shadow and
possibly shying or jumping away from it.
British rock band Led Zeppelin changed its name to
Nobs for a concert in Copenhagen in 1970 because they
had been threatened with a show-stopping lawsuit by Eva
von Zeppelin, a descendent of airship inventor Count
Ferdinand von Zeppelin. She claimed the picture of the
Hindenburg crashing in flames on the cover of the band’s
first LP dishonored her family’s name.
Today’s questions:
What size were the infamous bloody gloves football
great O.J. Simpson tried on at his 1995 murder trial?
What is the only plant that bears flowers and fruit
simultaneously?
Answers in Friday’s Herald.
Today’s words:
Flacket: a barrel-shaped bottle or flask
Withershins: contrary; against the grain